Take me down To the river Where I would not go before Through the trees and the rushes To a place we both know And I'm feeling much younger As I kneel on the ground Dip my toe in the water Of the river where I watched you drown Nadadum nananana nana na... Oh, when the river ran dry that next year I could not find your body Now I'm standing here ready at last To dive down and reach you again And I long to be with you Now these cold nights have come Oh, I go down to the river But the river will stop for no-one Though I ask it it keeps flowing on When I ask it It tells me you're gone Dadow...